What really ruined Egypt’s economy in 2011?
By Amira Salah-Ahmed CAIRO: It wasn’t the protests. Not the strikes. Not the…
Oil up near $111 after EU Iran embargo
LONDON: Oil prices rose to near $111 on Monday after EU foreign…
UAE to liberalize trade in 12 commodities, eyes prices
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates cabinet announced on Sunday it would liberalize…
Jackson: Film saved life of West Memphis 3 suspect
Peter Jackson believes Damien Echols would be dead now if not for…
UAE central bank thwarts website hacking attempt
DUBAI: The central bank of the United Arab Emirates has fended off…
Cityscape Egypt gears up for February real estate exhibition
CAIRO: Chris Speller, director of Cityscape and Informa Egypt at IIR Middle…
Campaign slams IMF for ‘illegitimate’ negotiations with Egypt
CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) came under fire this week for…
Orascom soars after resuming trade; Gulf mixed
CAIRO/DUBAI: Egypt's Orascom Telecom (OT) soared on Sunday following an eight-week suspension,…
KANO: Soldiers and police Sunday manned checkpoints in Nigeria’s second largest city after coordinated bombings and gun battles killed 162 people in one of the deadliest attacks to hit the mainly Muslim north. A round-the-clock curfew imposed shortly aft
TEHRAN: Seventeen people have died after a storm capsized a passenger boat…
Petrol panic eases in Egypt
CAIRO: Fuel distribution improved in Egypt on Thursday after panicked motorists flooded…